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The Local Emergency Planning Committee of the Superfund Amendments & Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA).

Local Emergency Planning Committee

For New Castle County

P.O. Box 2998

Wilmington, DE 19805-0998

Phone (302) 395-3633

Fax (302) 323-4573

David Irwin, Chairman

Tom Kovach, Vice Chairman

Jacob Morente, Vice Chairman

LEPC for NCC – January Meeting

Meeting Minutes

January 9, 2017

I. Call to Order

Chairman Irwin called to order the January 9, 2017 meeting of the Local Emergency Planning Committee of New

Castle County at 2:31 pm.

II. Introductions

Chairman Irwin started with introductions. Everyone went around the room introducing themselves and the company,

community, citizen or agency they represented. The following persons were present – (Sign In Roster Attached).

Voting Members: (30) Jeff Backus – DuPont Stine Haskell Research Bob Barrish – Community Representative Kim Bennett – Formosa Plastics Joe Cochran – NCC OEM Avery Dalton – State Official / DEMA Bill Davis – EPCRA DNREC Mark Dolan – ARP DNREC / NCCIHMRA Training Dave Ennis – Past LEPC Chairman Bob Fox – State Fire Marshal’s Office Mike Gladle – University of Delaware Babak Golgolab – Claymont Comm. Coalition/DRBA Mark Hanson – Industry / DuPont Exp. Station David Irwin – Chairman LEPC NCC / SERC William Kelly – Industry, Sunoco Logistics Lynn Krueger – Duffield Associates Rick Perkins – State Official, Dept. Public Health Joseph Leonetti, Sr. – St. Francis Hospital Mark Logemann – Capt. NCC EMS Mark Lucy – Industry, Miller Environmental Bill McCracken – Citizen / IT Comm. Senator Harris McDowell, III – State Senate Jacob Morente – LEPC NCC

Beth Neumane – Industry, Rogers Corp.

Joseph Rubin – Banking Industry, WSFS

Sharon Jefferson – American Red Cross

Al Stein – Citizen

Charles Stevenson – Sussex LEPC

John Verdi – BASF

Non-Voting Members: (11) Rob Armstrong – Miller Environmental Dave Carpenter – NCC Office Emergency Mgt Ken Cenci – ARP DNREC

Michael Doss – Print Pack

Joe Cozza – State Senate

Phillip Reynolds – Miller Environmental

Tim Wood – Solenis

Erin Goldner – Addiction Non-profit

Edwin Shively – Hologic

Mike Nichols – Chesapeake Utilities

Chad Ingram – Delaware State Fire School

I. Welcome Chairman Irwin welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced the meeting host, Ms. Beth

Neumane from Rogers Corporation. Ms. Neumane provided refreshments for the meeting.

III. Agenda Approval Chairman Irwin noted a steering committee member who needed to leave early and asked if

agenda item #10 ‘New Business’ could be moved into the #6 the order of business. Motion to accept with change

by Beth Neumane, Seconded by Al Stein. Vote: All in Favor. Motion passed.


IV. Approval of minutes from last meeting – November 14, 2016 Meeting minutes with sign-in roster, committee

and staff reports were sent electronically to members. Chairman Irwin asked for any corrections; none were offered.

Motion to accept as submitted by Babak Golgolab, Seconded by Mark Lucy. Vote: All in Favor. Motion passed.

V. New Business - Chairman Irwin introduced LEPC Steering Committee Chairman Golgolab and transferred the

meeting him and agenda item #6a. Mr. Golgolab asked Chairman Irwin and Vice-Chairman Morente to leave the

room while the meeting went into Executive Session.

a) Renewal of LEPC Staff Service Agreement Babak Golgolab

After five-minutes, LEPC Chairman Irwin and Vice Chairman Morente were welcomed back into the room. Mr.

Golgolab congratulated Mr. Irwin and informed him that he’s been reappointed Chairman of the LEPC for NCC and

his work agreement renewed by a majority of voting members. Mr. Golgolab stated that Mr. Morente’s contact is

with the State, he then transferred the meeting back to Chairman Irwin.

b) FY 2018 Budget Chairman Irwin presented the budget on the overhead screen, explained

expenses and answered one question. Mr. also explained that the Steering

Committee voted to approve the budget, the SERC Finance Committee sets

and approves the final budget.

c) FY 2018 Work Plan Mark Dolan representing the Steering Committee presented the work plan on

the overhead screen and answered questions. The plan was approved by the

Steering Committee.

d) LEPC Reports LEPC Chairs

o Chip Stevenson – Sussex County. Thanked well-wishers from the crippling weekend’s snow

storm. The next Sussex LEPC meeting is Thursday, January 12th

in Georgetown.

VI. Committee Reports

a) Finance: Chairman Irwin reported expenditures since the November 14th,

2016 LEPC meeting.

Budget balance as of 11/14/16 $61,173.54

Expenses:

NCCIHMRA Training Support $1,626.00

Staff Fees (November & December) $13,333.34

Total Expenses $14,959.34

Budget Balance $46,214.20

b) IT: Bill McCracken read Information Technology Committee report. (attached)

c) DECON: Joe Leonetti, Sr. read Decon Committee report. (attached)

d) Training: Mark Dolan – Mr. Dolan read Training Committee report. (attached)

e) Transportation: Al Stein. - Mr. Stein read Transportation Committee report. (attached)


VII. EPCRA Report Bill Davis from DNREC EPCRA provided the following:

EPCRA Reporting Program LEPC Report - January 2017

RY2015 312-Reporting Status as of January 3rd,

2017 – Year End Totals

2107 Reporting Year “2015” 312-reports submitted to date

715 Sussex

451 Kent

806 New Castle

135 Wilmington

1865 2014 312-reports (as of 12/31/15) Increase of 242 facilities

New DNREC EPCRA Staff – Christie Ray succeeds Tara Chambers

2016 Reporting Year – Reminders have been sent to facility Regulatory Point of Contacts and User

Submitters. Emails that failed were followed with a paper-mail reminder and a request to update their email

address.

January Workshops - In progress. DNREC will conduct Tier II reporting workshops across the State in

January. LEPC staff are welcomed to attend any session.

1/10 1. Tuesday 10:00 Dover Fire School – Joint session with Kent LEPC

2. 1/18 3. Wednesday 10:00 Dover Fire School

4. 1/25 5. Wednesday 10:00 Dover Fire School

6. 1/12 7. Thursday 10:00 8. Georgetown Fire School – Joint session with Sussex LEPC

9. 1/19 10. Thursday 10:00 Georgetown Fire School

11. 1/26 12. Thursday 10:00 Georgetown Fire School

13. 1/4 14. Wednesday 10:00 DNREC Lukens Drive New Castle

1/17 15. Tuesday 10:00

New Castle Fire School

16. 1/24 17. Tuesday 10:00 New Castle Fire School

VIII. SERC/DEMA Report Avery Dalton provided the following report.

SERC Quarterly Meeting 12/14/16 – Lisa Dunaway of the Infrastructure Security Compliance Division for the Department of Homeland Security and representatives from OSHA and EPA provided a presentation on Executive Order – EO 13650 and an update on Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Security (CFATS) for the State of Delaware.

Next SERC quarterly meeting is on March 8th. There will be a budget discussion and other topics may develop in the interim.

DEMA – Siren test on 1/10/17 at 10:25 a.m. to test Delaware’s 37 sirens within the 10 mile EPZ (emergency planning zone).

DEMA Training – AWR 147 Rail Car Incident Response course scheduled for 14 Feb 2017.

IX. Staff Reports

Jake Morente – read accomplishments since last meeting (report attached)

Chairman Irwin – read accomplishments since last meeting (report attached)


X. Old Business

Workshop Chairman Dave Irwin provided an update on the 10th Annual State of Delaware 2017 Hazardous

Materials Training Workshop. Mark Dolan said that corporate and sponsorship letters have been emailed to

the event partners. Mr. Dolan explained the move of keynote speaker and presentation before dinner to hold

the interest of Friday’s attendees. Chairman Irwin noted the success of Friday course offerings over the past

few years. The next Workshop Planning Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 10th 2017, 2:30pm at the

Mill Creek Fire Company.

XI. New Business (previously moved ahead in agenda)

XII. Presentation - Mark Dolan (NCCIHMRA Training Committee) provided an informative 15-minute power point

presentation on the DOT Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) noting changes and additions in the newly

released book. Mr. Dolan answered questions.

XIII. Any other Business

Next Meeting – Monday, March 13th, 2017 – Delaware State Fire School – New Castle Campus, 2311 MacArthur

Drive New Castle 19720

Host: Miller Environmental

XIV. Adjournment – Motion to adjourn by Babak Golgolab, Seconded by Kim Bennett. Vote: All in Favor. Chairman

Irwin adjourned meeting at 3:26 pm

Recorded and submitted, J. Morente


IT Committee Report January 2017

Jacob Morente has completed the Letter to the State Fire Chiefs

asking them to name those members from each station who will have

access to Tier 11 Manager online. The Letter is currently under review

for content and it will be distributed in early to mid- January through

each County Chief’s Association.

Vincent Miller of the Delaware State Fire School is working on the

tutorial module that will give the fire company personnel instructions

in the use of Tier II Manager.

New Castle County Special Operations

Hazmat/Decon Team Report to the LEPC January 9, 2017

The Hazmat /Decon Team responded to the following since November 14, 2016

1. November 15, 2016 - 500 Wilmington Ave. City of Wilmington Maintenance

Facility – Mercury spill in dispensary exam room.

Respectfully submitted,

Joe Leonetti, Team Leader


Monday, January 9th, 2017

NEW CASTLE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE ALLIANCE

NCCIHMRA TRAINING COMMITTEE REPORT TO LEPC FOR NCC The New Castle County Industrial Hazardous Materials Response Alliance Training Committee did not conduct any training session between the November 14th, 2016 and the January 9th, 2017 LEPC for NCC meetings. The NCCIHMRA Training Committee has the following training sessions scheduled for CY2017: (1) “Emerging Threat Stream and Trends” and “Improvised Explosive Materials and Devices and Homemade Explosives Awareness”, instructed by Delaware State Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Commander Sergeant Christopher Ennis and DSP-DIAC Terrorism Liaison Officer Detective Tim Kerstetter, on Tuesday, February 21

st and repeated on Thursday, February 23

rd from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm each evening at Elsmere Fire Station 16.

(2) “Hazardous Materials Technician - Trench and Structural Collapse Awareness”, instructed by Robert Murray, retired Baltimore County Fire Department Advanced Tactical Rescue Team Leader and past leader of Pennsylvania Task Force One (PA TF-1) Urban Search and Rescue Team, tentatively 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm Tuesday, March 21

st and

repeated Thursday, March 23rd

at either Elsmere Fire Station 16 or Mill Creek Fire Station 21. (3) Tenth Annual State of Delaware Emergency Response Hazardous Materials Training Workshop held on Friday, April 7

th and Saturday, April 8

th at Delaware State Fire School, Dover.

(4) “Radiation Assessment & Mitigation – Concepts of Radiological Response”, instructed by Cheryl Weaver-Docimo of RadResponse, from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Friday, May 5

th and repeated Saturday, May 6

th at either Elsmere Fire

Station 16 or Mill Creek Fire Station 21. (5) “Propane Flaring Evolutions”, led by the DNREC Emergency Response Team, tentatively scheduled Tuesday evening, August 15

th and Thursday evening, August 17

th, at Delaware State Fire School, New Castle.

(6) “Confidence in the Hot Zone” Workshop, instructed by Dave Wolfe and Michael Moore of Safe Transportation Training Specialists (STTS), from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Friday, September 8

th and repeated Saturday, September 9

th at

Elsmere Fire Station 16. (7) “Rapid Intervention Team for the Hazmat Response Team Field Exercise”, led by Darryl Meade of DuPont, tentatively scheduled 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm for Wednesday evening, during May or August. (8) Sixteenth Annual NCCIHMRA Planning and Training Meeting on Wednesday, November 8

th from 5:30 pm to 9:00

pm at Elsmere Fire Company Station 16. Submitted by: Mark Dolan NCCIHMRA Training Committee


Transportation Committee

The Federal Rail Administration had the highest civil penalty collection rate in the agency’s 50-year history.

For the Fiscal year 2016 the agency expects to collect 79% of the civil penalties issued. The total amount of

civil penalties issued in physical fiscal year 2016 was 15.75 million.

Last year more than 6268 railroad company violations resulted in civil penalties.

Local Emergency Planning Committee

For New Castle County

Steering Committee Minutes

Location: Delaware State Fire school New Castle Branch

Date: January 09, 2017

Attendees: David Carpenter –NCCOEM Avery Dalton-DEMA Mark Dolan -Training Committee David Ennis- Past Chairman LEPC Babak Golgolab-Steering Committee Chairman David Irwin- LEPC Chairman Bill McCracken – IT Committee Harris McDowell- State Senator Jacob Morente –LEPC Vice Chairman Al Stein-Transportation Committee

The Meeting was called to order by Steering Committee Chairman Babak Golgolab.

Approval of Agenda: Motion to accept was made and unanimously approved.

Approval of January 11 , 2016 Minutes: Motion to accept the minutes as written was made by Al Stein

second by Dave Ennis unanimously approved.

Proposed FY 2018 Work Plan Review & Recommendation: Motion to accept the Work Plan as written was

made by David Carpenter second by Al Stein and was approved by the committee with a change to Item

five to read as follows: Partnering with NCC Volunteer Fire Chiefs to identify and enroll key stakeholders

for Tier II Manager Fire Service training program.

Proposed FY 2018 Budget Review & Recommendation: Motion to accept the FY 2018 Budget as written

was made by John Verde second by David Carpenter unanimously approved.

Renewal of LEPC Staff Service Agreement for FY 2018: Motion to continue David Irwin as Chairman of

the NCCLEPC for another year was made by Al Stein second by Dave Carpenter unanimously approved.

Annual Election of Steering Committee Chairman: Nomination was made to have Babak Golgolab continue

as Steering Committee Chairman for another year. The committee voted to approve the election.

Adjourn: Since there was no other business Harris McDowell made a motion to adjourn the meeting.


Local Emergency Planning Committee for New Castle County

Vice-Chairman Jacob Morente - Activity Report

January 9th

, 2017

SERC & Tier II:

12/14/2016 Attended the quarterly SERC meeting at the Delaware State Fire School, Dover, DE.

12/16/2016 Reviewed training module outlines from Vince Miller at Fire School and Bill Davis at

DNREC EPCRA program.

12/20/2016 Developed letter to State Fire Chief’s introducing the roll-out delivery, access and training of

the Tier II Manager. Sent to multiple committee members for review and input before

distribution through LEPC’s.

1/6/2017 Maintaining a spreadsheet with NCC Fire Co Tier II Manager Access contact information.

Site Assessments & Plan Reviews: (1 visits conducted) Reports completed and mailed

11/3/2016 Croda (New Castle) Postponed at their request

12/28/2016 DuPont Experimental Station (Wilmington) 3 suggestions/considerations

Outreach:

Coordinated relocation of LEPC brochures, remaining (1.5) pallets from Chemours Edge moor – to NCC

Office of Emergency Management, Gilliam Building.

11/30/2016 Served as an evaluator at BASF’s Newport facility drill/exercise

12/1/2016 Participated in Sunoco Logistics’ Marcus Hook, PA table-top drill/exercise.

Fire Service Liaison:

12/8/2016 Attended NCC Firefighter’s Association meeting at Fire Points Fire Company

1/5/2017 Attended NCC Chief’s Association meeting at Mill Creek Fire Company

Misc. Emails To County Fire Chiefs inviting them to accompany my Site Visits and Emergency Plan

Reviews at facilities within their fire district.

NCCIHMRA & Training:

11/28/2016 Participated in meeting #4 for 2017 (10th Annual) State of Delaware Hazmat Training

Workshop held at Mill Creek Fire Company. Record and distributed meeting minutes.


David Irwin

Activity Report – Items Accomplished November 15, 2016 - January 09, 2017

SERC Activities:

• Represented the LEPC at the December 14th

SERC meeting

• Represented the LEPC at a SERC Planning & Training Committee meeting (11/17)

• Chaired the forth 10th

Annual HazMat Training Workshop Planning Committee meeting (11/29)

• Prepared and submitted in a timely manner the LEPC Quarterly Performance Report

• Prepared and submitted in a timely manner the SERC Information & Technology Performance

Report

• Signed the approved FY2017 HMEP Grant Sub-Award Application

Emergency Response Plan Reviews and Facility Visits:

• Toured the Sunoco Logistics Facility (12/9

Exercise Status:

• Participated as an evaluator for the Sunoco Tabletop exercise (12/1)

NCCIHMRA:

• Continuing to work with service providers to develop contracts for approved HMEP grant 2017

training evolutions

Outreach Initiatives:

• Represented LEPC at the US Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay Area Committee meeting

(11/18)

• Represented the LEPC for NCC at the Sussex (11/16) LEPC meeting

• Represented LEPC at four (4) CAP meetings, Croda (12/7), Delaware City Refining

(11/14,12/13) and FMC (11/30)

Additional Activities:

.

• Developed and launched the 10th

Annual HazMat Training Workshop save the date notice

• Contacted and succeeded in securing Frank Docimo as an instructor for the 2017 HazMat

Training Workshop

• Succeeded in securing Dr. Carrie Poore as an instructor for the 2017 HazMat Training Workshop

• Served as a technical resource to one member company and one consultant

• Documented two Hazardous Material reportable release reports in accordance with EPA

regulations

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